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GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BELGIAN GP, 1950

The fifth World Championship event within five weeks, the Belgian GP followed on the heels of the British, Monaco, Indianapolis and Swiss races and the toll was beginning to tell with only 14 cars arriving at Spa.

Farina and Fangio were fastest as usual in practice with Fagioli unable to match them. Sommer split the Ferraris in his old Talbot Lago. The race would be a similar story: the Alfas went off on their own and Sommer battled with the two Ferraris. When the Alfas stopped for fuel Sommer found himself in the unlikely position of being race leader. Unfortunately his engine blew up.

Ascari took the lead but he had to stop for fuel and that meant that the Alfas went ahead again with Fangio leading Farina and Fagioli. Farina suffered transmission trouble in the closing laps and dropped to fourth behind the best of the surviving Talbot Lagos being driven by Rosier. Ascari finished fifth.